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Look Quotes

On perspective, hindsight and how we choose to see things.

The quotes here range from looking back on a career with no regrets to noticing how children in very different places can end up facing strikingly similar struggles. For more on outlook, see our Life quotes.

When they look back on me I want 'em to remember me not for all my wives, although I've had a few, and certainly not for any mansions or high livin' money I made and spent. I want 'em to...

Quotes by Jerry Lee Lewis

Look at all the Misfits products that came out. We never made a dime off it.

Quotes by Jerry Only

Danny and I wrote 10 songs in seven days, which I thought might be close to the record until you probably look at some of the Beatles statistics.

Quotes by Jerry Only

So, I guess the answer to your question is very few people can bring off a novel of the future because it's just so damn hard to make it look like the future.

Quotes by Jerry Pournelle

I can only speak for myself - I don't care how I look.

Quotes by Jerry Ferrara

The idea of getting old is horrific, but I don't want to make it worse by becoming a grotesque caricature. A lot of people have made that mistake of trying so hard to hang on to their looks that they...

Quotes by Jerry Hall

But if you look at teams that want to share more revenues, they're teams that don't have a lot on the table. They've long since not had any serious investment in their team.

Quotes by Jerry Jones

You look at anything I've been a part of, it's when the laboring, the fatigue, when some of those things happen, that's what shows what you're going to be.

Quotes by Jerry Jones

The whole book experience was a look into another world, the world of Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer.

Quotes by Jerry Kramer

When you see U2 or the Rolling Stones, after years of knowing each other, they don't have to look at each other to connect.

Quotes by Jerrod Carmichael

A lot of times, us within the industry, we can put this bubble around ourselves and create what a show is supposed to look like and sound like, and we're seeing so much content. The best compliment is, 'I finally...

Quotes by Jerrod Carmichael

Although, I think you look back and you try to learn from your mistakes.

Quotes by Jerry Bruckheimer

Well, I don't look back and celebrate. I just always worry about the next one.

Quotes by Jerry Bruckheimer

I think we look to the military as something that protects our shores.

Quotes by Jerry Bruckheimer

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

Quotes by Jerome K. Jerome

I can see the humorous side of things and enjoy the fun when it comes; but look where I will, there seems to me always more sadness than joy in life.

Quotes by Jerome K. Jerome

Hey, look at this guy Kenny G. with his thing, walking up and down the aisles of the concert hall and running off the stage and playing the same time. It's old hat!

Quotes by Jerome Richardson

Playing live for a good cause is something I like to do. I like the response of the Indian people, I like their depth and the way they look beyond the surface of things.

Quotes by Jeremy Spencer

I'm not a Little Englander. Historically, British people have always been travellers. I look in the world as one place. You have to think in a global sense. Cinema is a global endeavour. My roots are in England but my...

Quotes by Jeremy Thomas

I think the more stressful our times get, the more we look for fantasy escapes.

Quotes by Jeri Ryan

Frequently Asked Questions

What different senses of "look" appear on this page?
The quotes use "look" in a few ways - looking directly at something to understand it, looking back on one's life without regret, and describing how situations can look similar across different contexts. For more general reflections in this everyday-word style, see Like quotes.
Is there a quote about having no regrets?
Yes: "I look back, and I have no regrets, truly. Everything led me to the place where I am now." For more reflections on life's path, see Life.
Does this page include any perspective on filmmaking?
Yes: "You should look straight at a film; that's the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but of illiterates" makes a direct statement about how film should be watched and understood.
Is there anything here about children or education?
One quote touches on how children facing poverty attend schools not designed to meet their needs, noting that marginalized children's circumstances can look alike across different countries. For more uplifting reflections along these lines, see Good.
Is there a quote about writing or editing here?
Yes, one describes the habit of rewriting books multiple times before submitting them, and taking another look after an editor's feedback, with the reminder to keep on trying. For more first-person reflections, see Me quotes.

Pair these with our Good quotes for a more upbeat perspective, or Like quotes on personal taste and preference.